| Simpson’s Contemporary Quotations, compiled by James B. Simpson. 1988. |
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| NUMBER: | 6271 |
| AUTHOR: | James Agee |
| QUOTATION: | When he ran from a cop his transitions from accelerating walk to easy jog trot to brisk canter to headlong gallop to flogged-piston sprint … were as distinct and as soberly in order as an automatic gearshift. |
| ATTRIBUTION: | On deadpan comedian Buster Keaton, “Comedy’s Greatest Era” reprinted in Life Fall 86 |
| SUBJECTS: | Communications & the Arts: Films: Observers & Critics |
| BIOGRAPHY: | Columbia Encyclopedia. |
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